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- LeVar Burton Then & Now. Moviestore/Shutterstock. LeVar Burton is a TV icon. For over 40 years, LeVar has made an impact through his roles on television. His breakout role came at just 19 when he was cast as Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ‘Roots.’
- LeVar Burton On ‘Star Trek’ Moviestore/Shutterstock. LeVar Burton played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in the ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ franchise from 1987 to 1994.
- LeVar Burton & Whoopi Goldberg. ©PBS/Courtesy Everett Collectio. LeVar Burton was the longtime host of ‘Reading Rainbow.’ He hosted from 1983 to 2006. July 26, 2021, 10:28AM.
- LeVar Burton For ‘The Tiger Woods Story. Rene Macura/AP/Shutterstock. LeVar Burton directed the Showtime movie ‘The Tiger Woods Story’ in 1998. Khalil Kain played Tiger Woods.
Roots: With Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynda Day George. A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
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- Biography, Drama, History
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- 1977-01-23
- Putting Down Roots
- Embracing A Phenomenon
- Reading The Room
- Leaving A Legacy
Burton filmed Rootsin Savannah, Georgia, and Los Angeles in the spring and summer of 1976. While he says he experienced nerves during his audition, his first day on set "was more inspiring than it was intimidating." "I felt like I knew who this kid was, so intimately well. That's all I focused on," he explains. "All I needed to do was play this par...
Burton recalls the premiere — a trio of screenings of the first two hours of the miniseries in Washington, D.C. — as "very low-key by today's standards." Though miniseries at the time typically aired one episode per week, he tells PEOPLE that ABC hedged its bets by choosing the eight-night timeline. "They were very nervous about how the series woul...
Once the series ended, Burton unexpectedly found himself positioned to be sort of a de facto cultural educator because he "had just seen a nation transformed by eight consecutive nights of television." So, after five years of steady work as an actor, he was offered a new role in 1983 that "made perfect sense": Reading Rainbow. "When I was presented...
As evidenced by Burton's day-to-day schedule of hosting, directing and even podcasting LeVar Burton Reads, he's clearly not passing any torches any time soon. Still, as he approaches his 65th birthday, he says, "I have really embraced what I believe to be my role as an elder now, I think it's a good thing." With the wisdom that accompanies his "eld...
LeVar Burton. The toughest role to cast in the hit miniseries “Roots” was the central character of Kunta Kinte. The whole series depended on finding a young, fit actor who could credibly ...
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Jan 24, 2021 · It's been 44 years since Roots premiered on ABC in 1977, and star LeVar Burton celebrated the occasion by sharing some behind-the-scenes stories from the iconic miniseries. Based on the novel by ...
